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- the present invention generally relates to a flat panel light source and, more specifically, to a method for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source and the light source thereof.
- the invention can be applied to a flat panel light source for field emission displays (FEDs).
- FEDs field emission displays
- a conventional field emission display mainly comprises a cathode plate module and an anode plate module.
- the front light FED mainly comprises a cathode plate and an anode plate.
- the cathode plate comprises a first substrate 101 , plural cathode lines 103 , plural gate lines 105 , a plurality of emitters 107 , and a dielectric layer 109 . All of the cathode lines 103 , the gate lines 105 , the emitters 107 and the dielectric layer 109 are formed on the surface of the first substrate 101 .
- the anode plate comprises a second substrate 111 , an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) layer 113 formed on the inner surface of the second substrate 111 , and a phosphor layer 115 formed on the top of the ITO layer 113 . Electrons emitted from emitters 107 hit the phosphor layer 115 and trigger the phosphor layer 107 . The light source triggered by the phosphor layer 107 passes through the anode plate, and is released from the outer surface of the anode plate.
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide
- the FED backlight source is featured with an extra reflection structure on the anode plate.
- the added reflection structure reflects the light source triggered by the phosphor onto the cathode plate, and the light source is released from the outer surface of the cathode plate.
- Spacers have been used to provide the supporting between the cathode plate and the anode plate in the packaging process for an FED light source.
- the technology of using spacers has long been criticized for the need for a high width-to-height ratio to minimize the display area blocked by the spacers.
- the light source triggered by the phosphor layer may not have satisfactory luminance.
- the voltage between anode electrodes and cathode electrodes has to be increased to grant electrons enough energy on the phosphor layer.
- the increased voltage disadvantages itself with the current leakage problem.
- the anode-cathode gap has to be increased.
- the present invention provides a method for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source and the light source thereof.
- the present invention thus overcomes the drawback of the affected quality of the display area due to the use of spacers in the packaging process for a conventional FED light source.
- the method used in the present invention is a design with a patterned reflective structure.
- the reflective structure With the reflective structure, the light source triggered by the phosphor can always be reflected or deflected onto the display area which used to be blocked by spacers.
- the reflective structure is designed on the surface of one end of each spacer and on the inner surface of the substrate for the anode plate. The light used to be trapped in the spacer can thus be reflected or deflected onto the other end of the spacer and lighten the surface of the display end.
- each spacer is also coated with a reflective layer.
- the light used to be inclined into each spacer can thus be fully transmitted to the display area. This thus enhances the display luminance and uniformity for the light source.
- the reflective coating is formed on the inner surface of the edges of the side-frame between the anode plate and the cathode plate. The light from the side-frame of the display panel can be reflected back onto the interior space of the panel and thus enhances the display luminance and uniformity for the light source.
- the reflective coating is formed on the side-frames surrounding the substrates for the anode plate and the cathode plate.
- the light surrounding the substrates of the display panel can be reflected back onto the interior area of the panel and thus enhances the display luminance and uniformity for the light source.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a conventional field emission display.
- FIG. 2A-FIG . 2 D show the cross-sectional views illustrating the manufacturing steps of a first embodiment of the present invention. Wherein a backlight FED is taken as an example.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view for an FED backlight source before assembling the anode and cathode substrates according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5A further illustrates the patterned reflective structure according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5B and FIG. 5C are two examples for the reflective pattern structure.
- FIG. 6A shows the side-frames between the anode plate and the cathode plate.
- FIG. 6B shows a cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention t.
- FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- the anode plate for a backlight FED includes a patterned reflective structure that reflects or deflects the light source triggered by the phosphor back onto the cathode plate.
- FED backlight source uses an FED backlight source as an example to illustrate the detail of how the method of the present invention enhances the luminance and uniformity for a flat panel light source.
- the method used in the present invention is a design with a patterned reflective structure.
- the reflective structure With the reflective structure, the light source triggered by the phosphor can always be reflected or deflected onto the display area which used to be blocked by spacers.
- FIG. 2A-FIG . 2 D show the cross-sectional views illustrating the manufacturing steps of a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a backlight FED is taken as an example.
- the reflective structure is designed on the surface of one end of each spacer and on the inner surface of the substrate for the anode plate.
- FIG. 2A to FIG. 2D use only one spacer for illustration.
- the inner surface of the anode substrate 201 is patterned and formed with a plurality of patterned slots 203 .
- FIG. 2A only one patterned slot 203 is illustrated for simplicity, wherein, the depth of each patterned slot is h.
- a reflective film 211 is then coated on the top of the patterned slot 203 , as shown in FIG. 2B .
- the coated patterned slot is filled with the glass frit 213 to form a flat surface 215 for the glass frit 213 .
- the thickness of the glass frit is at least the depth h of the slot. This is illustrated as FIG. 2C .
- the spacer 230 is further added on the top of the flat surface 215 of the glass frit 213 , as shown in FIG. 2D .
- the order for the depth h of the slot is ⁇ m.
- the reflectivity of the glass frit 213 is the same as that of the anode substrate 201 and the spacer 230 . If the anode substrate 201 is made of a nontransparent material, then the reflectivity of the glass frit 213 is chosen to be compatible to that of the spacer 230 . Patterning on the inner surface of the anode substrate 201 can be accomplished by the processes, such as sand-blasting, etching or laser heating, etc.
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the packaged FED backlight panel.
- the anode plate 310 of the FED backlight includes a reflective layer 312 formed between the phosphor layer 313 and the anode substrate 311 .
- the patterned reflective film 340 is formed on one side 330 a of the glass-stob spacer 330 , and the inner surface 311 of the anode substrate 310 . With the reflective film 340 , the light triggered by the phosphor layer 313 and trapped into the spacer 330 can then be reflected or deflected onto the other end 330 b of the spacer 330 on the cathode plate 320 , and lighten the side 330 b on the cathode plate 320 .
- a reflective film 412 can be further coated on the surrounding surface of each spacer, as shown in FIG. 4 .
- This reflective film 412 can make the light more complete transmission into the spacer, thereby enhancing the luminance and uniformity of the flat panel light source.
- the spacer shown in FIG. 4 is a glass-stob spacer.
- FIG. 5A further illustrates the patterned reflective structure according to the present invention.
- the reflective structure 500 is a left-right symmetric structure, wherein w is the diameter of a cylindrical spacer. With a compatible reflectivity of the materials for the spacer and the glass frit, of value around 1.5, the inclined angle ⁇ of the left-right symmetric is about 20.5°.
- the depth h of the slot 203 depends on individual design.
- w 1 is the contact width for the reflective film 211 and one spacer's end surface.
- w 2 is the width for both the left and the right sides of the slot, and h is the depth of the slot.
- FIG. 5B and FIG. 5C illustrate two variations of the patterned reflective structure, respectively.
- the material 513 c used for the glass frit in FIG. 5C has an extra height of H than the material 513 b used for the glass frit in FIG. 5B .
- the contact surface of the spacer 532 and the reflective film 511 c shown in FIG. 5C is higher than, by an extra height of H, that of the spacer 533 and the reflective film 511 b shown in FIG. 5B .
- the width of the contact surface between the spacer and reflective film of the structure shown in FIG. 5C is narrower than that of the structure shown in FIG.
- the reflective structure shown in FIG. 5C has an extra convex shape with the height of H than the corresponding structure shown in FIG. 5B .
- the material for the added trapezoid in FIG. 5C is the same for the anode substrate.
- the inclined angle of the trapezoid ⁇ is about 69.5°.
- the higher the H is the better effect of luminance and uniformity of the light source results.
- the height H cannot exceed the height of the anode-cathode gap.
- another variation for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of FED light source is to coat a reflective film on the inner surface of the side-frames between the anode plate and the cathode plate.
- reference 615 points to the side-frame between the anode plate 610 and the cathode plate 620 .
- FIG. 6B shows the reflective film 630 coated on the inner surface of the side-frame 615 . With this aid of the reflective film 630 , the light from the side-frame of the display panel can be reflected back onto the interior space of the panel and thus enhance both the luminance and uniformity of the light source panel.
- references 710 and 720 illustrate the side-frames surrounding the anode plate and the cathode plate, respectively.
- References 710 a - 710 d and 720 a - 720 d represent the four surrounding edges of the side-frames for the anode plate and the cathode plate, respectively. They are all coated with reflective films, respectively. With this aid of the reflective films, the light from the side-frame of either the anode or the cathode panel can be reflected back onto the interior space of the display panel and thus achieve the effect of enhanced luminance and uniformity of the flat panel light source.
- the present invention provides a patterned reflective structure to reflect or deflect the triggered light which used to be trapped into the spacers back onto the display area and lightens the display area which used to be affected by the spacers. This thus achieves the effect of enhanced luminance and uniformity of the light source.
- the patterned reflective structure may be designed in several ways and places. Examples are coating the reflecting film on one end surface of a spacer and the inner surface of an anode substrate, or on the inner surface of the edges of the side-frame between the anode plate and the cathode plate, or on the side-frames surrounding the anode plate and/or the cathode plate. With such a patterned reflective structure, this invention enhances the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source.
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A method for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source provides a patterned reflective structure to reflect or deflect the light back onto the display area of a field emission display panel and lighten the area which used to be blocked by spacers. The patterned reflective structure may be designed in several places, such as between an end surface of a spacer and the inner surface of an anode substrate, or on the inner surface of the edges of the side-frame between the anode plate and the cathode plate by further coating a reflective material, or on the side-frames surrounding the panel by further coating a reflective material, etc. With such a patterned reflective structure, the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source are enhanced.
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- This is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/281,869, filed Nov. 17, 2005.
- The present invention generally relates to a flat panel light source and, more specifically, to a method for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source and the light source thereof. The invention can be applied to a flat panel light source for field emission displays (FEDs).
- A conventional field emission display mainly comprises a cathode plate module and an anode plate module. As shown in
FIG. 1 , the front light FED mainly comprises a cathode plate and an anode plate. The cathode plate comprises afirst substrate 101,plural cathode lines 103,plural gate lines 105, a plurality ofemitters 107, and adielectric layer 109. All of thecathode lines 103, thegate lines 105, theemitters 107 and thedielectric layer 109 are formed on the surface of thefirst substrate 101. The anode plate comprises asecond substrate 111, an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO)layer 113 formed on the inner surface of thesecond substrate 111, and aphosphor layer 115 formed on the top of theITO layer 113. Electrons emitted fromemitters 107 hit thephosphor layer 115 and trigger thephosphor layer 107. The light source triggered by thephosphor layer 107 passes through the anode plate, and is released from the outer surface of the anode plate. - Researches on enhancing the luminance and uniformity of the flat panel light sources for FEDs are still on the way of evolving. One of the researches is for an FED backlight source. The FED backlight source is featured with an extra reflection structure on the anode plate. The added reflection structure reflects the light source triggered by the phosphor onto the cathode plate, and the light source is released from the outer surface of the cathode plate.
- Spacers have been used to provide the supporting between the cathode plate and the anode plate in the packaging process for an FED light source. The technology of using spacers has long been criticized for the need for a high width-to-height ratio to minimize the display area blocked by the spacers. By a low drive voltage of electrons, the light source triggered by the phosphor layer may not have satisfactory luminance. To enhance the luminance with the conventional high drive voltage phosphor layer, the voltage between anode electrodes and cathode electrodes has to be increased to grant electrons enough energy on the phosphor layer. The increased voltage disadvantages itself with the current leakage problem. To prevent current leakage, the anode-cathode gap has to be increased. As a result of the increased anode-cathode gap, there is a need for an even higher width-to-height ratio for spacers in order not to affect the quality of the display area. This thus makes the spacer manufacturing even harder.
- The present invention provides a method for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source and the light source thereof. The present invention thus overcomes the drawback of the affected quality of the display area due to the use of spacers in the packaging process for a conventional FED light source.
- The method used in the present invention is a design with a patterned reflective structure. With the reflective structure, the light source triggered by the phosphor can always be reflected or deflected onto the display area which used to be blocked by spacers.
- In a first embodiment of the present invention, the reflective structure is designed on the surface of one end of each spacer and on the inner surface of the substrate for the anode plate. The light used to be trapped in the spacer can thus be reflected or deflected onto the other end of the spacer and lighten the surface of the display end.
- In a second embodiment of the present invention, the surrounding of each spacer is also coated with a reflective layer. The light used to be inclined into each spacer can thus be fully transmitted to the display area. This thus enhances the display luminance and uniformity for the light source.
- In a third embodiment of the present invention, the reflective coating is formed on the inner surface of the edges of the side-frame between the anode plate and the cathode plate. The light from the side-frame of the display panel can be reflected back onto the interior space of the panel and thus enhances the display luminance and uniformity for the light source.
- In a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the reflective coating is formed on the side-frames surrounding the substrates for the anode plate and the cathode plate. The light surrounding the substrates of the display panel can be reflected back onto the interior area of the panel and thus enhances the display luminance and uniformity for the light source.
- The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood from a careful reading of a detailed description provided herein below with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a conventional field emission display. -
FIG. 2A-FIG . 2D show the cross-sectional views illustrating the manufacturing steps of a first embodiment of the present invention. Wherein a backlight FED is taken as an example. -
FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view for an FED backlight source before assembling the anode and cathode substrates according to the present invention. -
FIG. 5A further illustrates the patterned reflective structure according to the present invention. -
FIG. 5B andFIG. 5C are two examples for the reflective pattern structure. -
FIG. 6A shows the side-frames between the anode plate and the cathode plate. -
FIG. 6B shows a cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention t. -
FIG. 7 shows a cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention. - As described in the previous section, the anode plate for a backlight FED includes a patterned reflective structure that reflects or deflects the light source triggered by the phosphor back onto the cathode plate. Without losing generality, the following uses an FED backlight source as an example to illustrate the detail of how the method of the present invention enhances the luminance and uniformity for a flat panel light source.
- The method used in the present invention is a design with a patterned reflective structure. With the reflective structure, the light source triggered by the phosphor can always be reflected or deflected onto the display area which used to be blocked by spacers.
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FIG. 2A-FIG . 2D show the cross-sectional views illustrating the manufacturing steps of a first embodiment of the present invention. Wherein a backlight FED is taken as an example. In the first embodiment, the reflective structure is designed on the surface of one end of each spacer and on the inner surface of the substrate for the anode plate. For simplicity,FIG. 2A toFIG. 2D use only one spacer for illustration. - First, the inner surface of the
anode substrate 201 is patterned and formed with a plurality of patternedslots 203. InFIG. 2A , only one patternedslot 203 is illustrated for simplicity, wherein, the depth of each patterned slot is h. Areflective film 211 is then coated on the top of the patternedslot 203, as shown inFIG. 2B . On the top of thereflective film 211, the coated patterned slot is filled with theglass frit 213 to form aflat surface 215 for theglass frit 213. The thickness of the glass frit is at least the depth h of the slot. This is illustrated asFIG. 2C . Thespacer 230 is further added on the top of theflat surface 215 of theglass frit 213, as shown inFIG. 2D . - According to the present invention, the order for the depth h of the slot is μm. The reflectivity of the
glass frit 213 is the same as that of theanode substrate 201 and thespacer 230. If theanode substrate 201 is made of a nontransparent material, then the reflectivity of theglass frit 213 is chosen to be compatible to that of thespacer 230. Patterning on the inner surface of theanode substrate 201 can be accomplished by the processes, such as sand-blasting, etching or laser heating, etc. - After every spacer is fabricated, then the gaps among spacers are finished with phosphors. Finally, the anode plate and the cathode plate are assembled to form a complete FED backlight panel.
FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the packaged FED backlight panel. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , theanode plate 310 of the FED backlight includes areflective layer 312 formed between thephosphor layer 313 and theanode substrate 311. The patternedreflective film 340 is formed on oneside 330 a of the glass-stob spacer 330, and theinner surface 311 of theanode substrate 310. With thereflective film 340, the light triggered by thephosphor layer 313 and trapped into thespacer 330 can then be reflected or deflected onto theother end 330 b of thespacer 330 on thecathode plate 320, and lighten theside 330 b on thecathode plate 320. - According to the present invention, after each spacer is fabricated, and before assembling with the cathode plate, a
reflective film 412 can be further coated on the surrounding surface of each spacer, as shown inFIG. 4 . Thisreflective film 412 can make the light more complete transmission into the spacer, thereby enhancing the luminance and uniformity of the flat panel light source. The spacer shown inFIG. 4 is a glass-stob spacer. -
FIG. 5A further illustrates the patterned reflective structure according to the present invention. Referring toFIG. 5A , thereflective structure 500 is a left-right symmetric structure, wherein w is the diameter of a cylindrical spacer. With a compatible reflectivity of the materials for the spacer and the glass frit, of value around 1.5, the inclined angle α of the left-right symmetric is about 20.5°. The depth h of theslot 203 depends on individual design. w1 is the contact width for thereflective film 211 and one spacer's end surface. Within theslot 203, w2 is the width for both the left and the right sides of the slot, and h is the depth of the slot. -
FIG. 5B andFIG. 5C illustrate two variations of the patterned reflective structure, respectively. Wherein, thematerial 513 c used for the glass frit inFIG. 5C , has an extra height of H than the material 513 b used for the glass frit inFIG. 5B . Accordingly, the contact surface of thespacer 532 and thereflective film 511 c shown inFIG. 5C is higher than, by an extra height of H, that of thespacer 533 and thereflective film 511 b shown inFIG. 5B . As shown inFIG. 5C , with the addition of atrapezoid 530 with the height of H, the width of the contact surface between the spacer and reflective film of the structure shown inFIG. 5C is narrower than that of the structure shown inFIG. 5B . In other words, the reflective structure shown inFIG. 5C has an extra convex shape with the height of H than the corresponding structure shown inFIG. 5B . The material for the added trapezoid inFIG. 5C is the same for the anode substrate. When the reflectivity of the material used for the spacer and the reflectivity of the glass frit are compatible with a value around 1.5, the inclined angle of the trapezoid β is about 69.5°. The higher the H is the better effect of luminance and uniformity of the light source results. The height H cannot exceed the height of the anode-cathode gap. - According to the present invention, another variation for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of FED light source is to coat a reflective film on the inner surface of the side-frames between the anode plate and the cathode plate. Referring to
FIG. 6A ,reference 615 points to the side-frame between theanode plate 610 and thecathode plate 620.FIG. 6B shows thereflective film 630 coated on the inner surface of the side-frame 615. With this aid of thereflective film 630, the light from the side-frame of the display panel can be reflected back onto the interior space of the panel and thus enhance both the luminance and uniformity of the light source panel. - Similarly, another variation for enhancing the luminance and uniformity of an FED light source is to coat a reflective film on the side-frame surrounding the anode plate or/and the cathode plate. Referring to
FIG. 7 ,references References 710 a-710 d and 720 a-720 d represent the four surrounding edges of the side-frames for the anode plate and the cathode plate, respectively. They are all coated with reflective films, respectively. With this aid of the reflective films, the light from the side-frame of either the anode or the cathode panel can be reflected back onto the interior space of the display panel and thus achieve the effect of enhanced luminance and uniformity of the flat panel light source. - In summary, the present invention provides a patterned reflective structure to reflect or deflect the triggered light which used to be trapped into the spacers back onto the display area and lightens the display area which used to be affected by the spacers. This thus achieves the effect of enhanced luminance and uniformity of the light source. The patterned reflective structure may be designed in several ways and places. Examples are coating the reflecting film on one end surface of a spacer and the inner surface of an anode substrate, or on the inner surface of the edges of the side-frame between the anode plate and the cathode plate, or on the side-frames surrounding the anode plate and/or the cathode plate. With such a patterned reflective structure, this invention enhances the luminance and uniformity of a flat panel light source.
- Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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1. A flat panel light source, comprising:
an anode plate having a first substrate;
a cathode plate having a second substrate; and
a plurality of spacers formed between said anode plate and said cathode plate, each said spacer having a first end surface contacted with said anode plate and a second end surface contacted with said cathode plate;
wherein, between an inner surface of said first substrate and said first end surface of each said spacer, there is a patterned reflective structure to enhance the luminance and uniformity of said flat panel light source.
2. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said flat panel light source is an FED backlight.
3. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a reflective layer is further coated surrounding each said spacer.
4. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a reflective film is further coated on an inner surface of edges of a side-frame between said anode plate and said cathode plate.
5. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a reflective film is further coated on side-frames surrounding at least a substrate for said flat panel light source.
6. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said substrate for said flat panel light source is the substrate of said anode plate.
7. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said substrate for said flat panel light source is the substrate of said cathode plate.
8. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said spacers are glass-stob spacers.
9. The flat panel light source as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said patterned reflective structure is a left-right symmetric structure.
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